GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| scourge | whip |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |